TOM BENEDEK: POSTRAUMA

“My practice goes around themes like the everyday and the quotidian, domestic and family, private or public and the division between them. I am looking at these themes in the context of our hyper-connected world that changes and shifts their meaning, blurring the boundaries of the categories. Painting for me is a tool I use to investigate and explore the above-mentioned themes and for that, I choose subject matter from my direct and indirect surroundings. I underpin questions like how painting works when everything is instantly reachable via technology, how painting as a medium can stay relevant and how it can fit in the rapidly changing forms of contemporary communication.” (Tom Benedek)